Fletcher
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #545 for boys in 2025, 549 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 25 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,419since 1880
Fletcher over time
Rank among boys' names. Fletcher has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | #545 | 549 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #564 | 526 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #630 | 440 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #674 | 405 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #657 | 414 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #653 | 404 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #624 | 434 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #606 | 445 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #633 | 410 |
| 2016 | — | #654 | 403 | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #665 | 387 |
| 2014 | — | #708 | 341 | |
| 2013 | — | #782 | 287 | |
| 2012 | — | #793 | 285 | |
| 2011 | — | #889 | 232 | |
| 2010 | — | #883 | 237 | |
| 2009 | — | #932 | 221 | |
| 2008 | — | #995 | 196 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #971 | 202 |
| 2006 | — | #1,043 | 174 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,042 | 160 | |
| 2004 | — | #963 | 174 | |
| 2003 | — | #992 | 160 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,003 | 155 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,089 | 131 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,070 | 133 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,086 | 123 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,205 | 102 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,333 | 84 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,198 | 94 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,286 | 83 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,178 | 94 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,168 | 91 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,328 | 72 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,297 | 75 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,370 | 66 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,145 | 86 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,173 | 74 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,009 | 88 | |
| 1986 | — | #925 | 97 | |
| 1985 | — | #956 | 91 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,042 | 73 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,399 | 45 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,293 | 52 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,433 | 44 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,187 | 59 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,260 | 53 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,258 | 51 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,187 | 55 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,144 | 56 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,146 | 54 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,151 | 51 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,329 | 39 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,285 | 42 | |
| 1971 | — | #979 | 69 | |
| 1970 | — | #921 | 75 | |
| 1969 | — | #959 | 64 | |
| 1968 | — | #910 | 63 | |
| 1967 | — | #843 | 72 | |
| 1966 | — | #878 | 68 | |
| 1965 | — | #826 | 79 | |
| 1964 | — | #815 | 85 | |
| 1963 | — | #869 | 75 | |
| 1962 | — | #896 | 72 | |
| 1961 | — | #793 | 92 | |
| 1960 | — | #876 | 75 | |
| 1959 | — | #893 | 74 | |
| 1958 | — | #815 | 85 | |
| 1957 | — | #780 | 93 | |
| 1956 | — | #868 | 74 | |
| 1955 | — | #708 | 107 | |
| 1954 | — | #735 | 96 | |
| 1953 | — | #714 | 100 | |
| 1952 | — | #688 | 103 | |
| 1951 | — | #659 | 113 | |
| 1950 | — | #626 | 120 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #613 | 123 |
| 1948 | — | #582 | 132 | |
| 1947 | — | #698 | 98 | |
| 1946 | — | #623 | 106 | |
| 1945 | — | #632 | 91 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #598 | 105 |
| 1943 | — | #628 | 102 | |
| 1942 | — | #591 | 111 | |
| 1941 | — | #613 | 96 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #620 | 92 |
| 1939 | — | #565 | 102 | |
| 1938 | — | #571 | 105 | |
| 1937 | — | #560 | 107 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #601 | 93 |
| 1935 | — | #566 | 104 | |
| 1934 | — | #545 | 117 | |
| 1933 | — | #495 | 128 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #549 | 115 |
| 1931 | — | #584 | 100 | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #549 | 120 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #522 | 124 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #529 | 130 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #526 | 135 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #496 | 147 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #506 | 144 |
| 1924 | — | #495 | 155 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #518 | 138 |
| 1922 | — | #511 | 145 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #476 | 165 |
| 1920 | — | #551 | 123 | |
| 1919 | — | #503 | 139 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #464 | 162 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #454 | 154 |
| 1916 | — | #468 | 149 | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #466 | 139 |
| 1914 | — | #469 | 106 | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #475 | 83 |
| 1912 | — | #412 | 89 | |
| 1911 | — | #399 | 51 | |
| 1910 | — | #337 | 54 | |
| 1909 | — | #403 | 37 | |
| 1908 | — | #365 | 39 | |
| 1907 | — | #322 | 44 | |
| 1906 | — | #400 | 29 | |
| 1905 | — | #346 | 35 | |
| 1904 | — | #340 | 35 | |
| 1903 | — | #330 | 33 | |
| 1902 | — | #317 | 37 | |
| 1901 | — | #310 | 33 | |
| 1900 | — | #284 | 53 | |
| 1899 | — | #300 | 34 | |
| 1898 | — | #335 | 33 | |
| 1897 | — | #306 | 36 | |
| 1896 | — | #338 | 31 | |
| 1895 | — | #289 | 38 | |
| 1894 | — | #349 | 27 | |
| 1893 | — | #307 | 32 | |
| 1892 | — | #266 | 45 | |
| 1891 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1890 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1889 | — | #305 | 32 | |
| 1888 | — | #297 | 36 | |
| 1887 | — | #356 | 21 | |
| 1886 | — | #275 | 38 | |
| 1885 | — | #355 | 24 | |
| 1884 | — | #336 | 27 | |
| 1883 | — | #318 | 27 | |
| 1882 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1881 | — | #270 | 34 | |
| 1880 | — | #341 | 25 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Fletcher was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 28 boys a year got the name.
See more about Fletcher
- 19 spots since 2024 (#564 → #545)
- 108 spots since 2020 (#653 → #545)
- 120 spots since 2015 (#665 → #545)
- Biggest jump: 116 spots in 1948 (#698 → #582)
- Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1972 (#979 → #1,285)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #266 (45 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 115 yrs · run 1880–1971
- Highest: 1 in 2,712 boys born in 1892 were named Fletcher (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,111 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 19.9% of all boys named Fletcher (3,461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 285 | #270 (1881) | #324 |
| 1890s | 327 | #266 (1892) | #318 |
| 1900s | 375 | #284 (1900) | #342 |
| 1910s | 1,126 | #337 (1910) | #445 |
| 1920s | 1,406 | #476 (1921) | #513 |
| 1930s | 1,091 | #495 (1933) | #559 |
| 1940s | 1,056 | #582 (1948) | #620 |
| 1950s | 965 | #626 (1950) | #749 |
| 1960s | 745 | #793 (1961) | #867 |
| 1970s | 545 | #921 (1970) | #1,166 |
| 1980s | 709 | #925 (1986) | #1,156 |
| 1990s | 884 | #1,086 (1999) | #1,245 |
| 2000s | 1,706 | #932 (2009) | #1,010 |
| 2010s | 3,461 | #606 (2018) | #724 |
| 2020s | 2,738 | #545 (2025) | #621 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Fletcher in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 216,253 of them was named Fletcher, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 716 names at #4,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 6,010 of them was named Fletcher, which outranked 90.1% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #450Gregory158
- #452Randall157
- #453Orlando156
- #454Fletcher154
- #454Delmer154
- #454Elias154
- #454Houston154
- #460Benedict152
- #460Elliott152
- #460Gustave152
Tied with 5 names at #454; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.